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3rd Gen Nuzlocke Challenge Thread!

3rd Gen Nuzlocke Challenge Thread!

Games in this gen: Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/FireRed/LeafGreen/Colosseum/XD: Gale of Darkness

What is a Nuzlocke Challenge?

A Nuzlocke challenge involves treating any Pokemon that you have in your party that faint 'dying', and hence said Pokemon cannot be used anymore in the challenge and must be replaced. In addition, you can only catch and use the first Pokemon you encounter in any city, town, cave or route. If the first Pokémon encountered faints or flees, there are no second chances with Pokemon on that route. You complete the challenge when you beat the Champion/see the credits.

There are many other variations of such a challenge - such as having to nickname all your Pokemon (so you have a closer connection to your lost comrades =p) which will be used here, allowing for the first Pokemon you encounter to not include duplicates (so if you encountered a Rattata in one route as your first Pokemon and got it and then encountered another in the next route, you can wait until a different Pokemon appears and treat that as your 'first Pokemon'), no legendaries, restriction on healing items that can be used (beyond Revives obviously) and so forth.

You can only use the first Pokemon you encounter in each route/town/city/cave.

All Pokemon must be nicknamed.

If a Pokemon in your party faints you must box/release it and not use it anymore in your challenge.

If you wish to use any other restrictions, please specify them in the first post you make in this thread for your challenge.

Last edited by bobandbill; 30th April 2011 at 7:22 AM.

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Not sure if people are still doing the old school 3rd gen Nuzlocke challenge, seeing as black and white have been out for a while, and people might be tired of running through them the normal way already.
But here goes:
Emerald version: preparing myself the mountains, and the fourth gym. My Makuhita - Taiho, evolved, and is kicking more butt than before. Crazy how early the pokémon evolve in this gen, compared to fifth!
My newest addition is Glee, the Gulpin, and I love it. It packs bullet seeds, which handles rock and ground types surprisingly well! Still mourning over Twin, my second poochyena, that fell for KO the Wingull (now evolved!) It will probably be my trump card against Flannery, unless Pert (starter, guess which) decides to stick around till then. STAB ground will not leave anything desired against torkoal.

EDIT:
Seems my assumption was correct so far...

Last edited by Solfatara; 3rd May 2011 at 9:57 PM.

Current HG BQ:

hung from the underbelly of the earth,
while the stars skid away, below,
gormless and brakeless, gravel-loose,
falling silent as gavels in the snow

Extra Rules I used in past: Only Healed at Pokemon Center, only 5 pokeballs at a time only used healing items found in field ONLY, sell any revives found

Yay, I've got one going on my Emerald

So today I started my journey...as follows

Starter: Treecko
Route 201- (dead) Wild Poochyena on the way to next town
Reached Old Dale Town (Healed at Pokemon Center)
Route 203 1st time-made it through without a battle (that's rare for me lol)
Back to Littleroot Town
Route 203- 2nd time after defeating Branden -Wingull (Wings) male-
Route 202- -Poochyena (Valorra)- male
Took out trainers and now resting in Petalburg City

Team: Chibi-sama (female) Wingz (male) Valorra (male)

CLAIMS
Movie: Hocus Pocus/TV: Ghost Adventures/Pokemon: Comfey
UR NEVER TO OLD TO BE A GAMER![/CENTER]

Extra Rules I used in past: Only Healed at Pokemon Center, only 5 pokeballs at a time only used healing items found in field ONLY, sell any revives found

Yay, I've got one going on my Emerald

So today I started my journey...as follows

Starter: Treecko
Route 201- (dead) Wild Poochyena on the way to next town
Reached Old Dale Town (Healed at Pokemon Center)
Route 203 1st time-made it through without a battle (that's rare for me lol)
Back to Littleroot Town
Route 203- 2nd time after defeating Branden -Wingull (Wings) male-
Route 202- -Poochyena (Valorra)- male
Took out trainers and now resting in Petalburg City

Team: Chibi-sama (female) Wingz (male) Valorra (male)

Hey, nice team there^^ I think I might take up some of your rules, at least I will stop buying items and either only use the ones I find, or only heat at pokécenters.
Current team:
Pert (Marshtomp), male, lv. 25
Xena (Mightyena), female, lv. 25
KO (Pelipper), female, lv. 25
Taiho (Hariyama), male, lv. 24
Amour (Loudred), female, lv. 24
Glee (Gulpin), female, lv. 24

Your Wingull will definiteley come in handy, so be glad you got it^^

Current HG BQ:

hung from the underbelly of the earth,
while the stars skid away, below,
gormless and brakeless, gravel-loose,
falling silent as gavels in the snow

Well my team went down on the way to Petalburg Woods, dang Poochyena's and there howl a trainers, Taillow's Peck knocked out Chibi-sama oh well starting a new game today gonna be retakin treecko.

Ruby will have Mudkip
Sapphire will have Torchic

----RE-CHALLENGE BEGINS------

So far:
Headed up to Old Dalte
Route 101-nonthing appeared O.o
Route 103-Wingull Koed (darn it lol)
Took out Branden
Back to Old Dale healed up at Pokemon Center
Headed back down 101 to Lilttleroot Town
Got 5 Poke'balls and shoes...
Route 101-Wild Poochyena female, hate level 2 Pokemon oh well (caught)
Route 102-Wild Wurmple male, (caught)
Went back to 101 to level up Wurmple and Poochyena

Team: Chibi-sama (starter) Shade (Route 101) Bugsy (Route 102)

Last edited by Jessie_James; 7th May 2011 at 6:55 PM.

CLAIMS
Movie: Hocus Pocus/TV: Ghost Adventures/Pokemon: Comfey
UR NEVER TO OLD TO BE A GAMER![/CENTER]

@ Jessie_James: Looks like a nice start^^
I just beat Flannery, but it cost me. Her #&%*ing Torkoal took down both Taiho (Makuhita) and Xena (Mightyena). I cannot believe it. Oh well, starting fresh with Accumulus (Swablu), hoping it can avenge the lost ones. Let's see what the desert can bring now.

EDIT: Rest in peace, Accumulus.

Last edited by Solfatara; 16th May 2011 at 7:17 PM.

Current HG BQ:

hung from the underbelly of the earth,
while the stars skid away, below,
gormless and brakeless, gravel-loose,
falling silent as gavels in the snow

98% of teens won't stand up for God.
Be one of the 2% that will, put this in your signature.By putting this text in my signature, I pledge to submit hundreds of thousands of votes for Ditto when the Global Link popularity poll comes to the U.S. If you intend to do this as well, please add this to your signature. In bold text. Started by Missingno. Master.

So far-
-Leveled up Fenrir and Skipper on Route 102
-Caught a Marill on Route 104, nicknamed Aqua, put in box because I already have a water type
-Caught a Shroomish in Petalsburg Woods, nicknamed Loomy, kept as party member
-Went through Rustboro City to Route 116 to train
-Caught Taillow, nicknamed Warbeak, kept as party member, battled trainers on Route 116
-Backtracked to Rustboro Gym, easily defeated by Skipper and Loomy
-Received HM01 Cut and went back to Route 116 to get to the Team Aqua grunt
-In Rusturf Tunnel encountered Whismur but fainted it, then beat Aqua grunt with Warbeak
-Level grinded in Rusturf Tunnel until all my party pokemon were level 11 or higher
-Beat May in Rustboro without any casulties
-Went back through Petalsburg Woods to Mr. Briney's house and sailed to Dewford
-Battled trainers between Dewford and Granite Cave
-Received HM05 Flash and encountered Makuhita which I caught and nicknamed Sumo

Notes:
1.I KO'd the Poochyena I encountered on Route 101 on accident, so I have no pokemon from there.
2.Via sheer luck, I encountered a Ralts with trace as the first pokemon on Route 102. Since it is my favorite evolutionary line ever, I cried a couple tears of joy.
3.I have encountered so many females as the first pokemon in the route(even my starter!) that it isn't even funny anymore. Poor shroomy-I don't think he's breedable with anybody in my party, so he will be....forever alone!
4.Badge #1 is about to be obtained.

Notes:
1.I KO'd the Poochyena I encountered on Route 101 on accident, so I have no pokemon from there.
2.Via sheer luck, I encountered a Ralts with trace as the first pokemon on Route 102. Since it is my favorite evolutionary line ever, I cried a couple tears of joy.
3.I have encountered so many females as the first pokemon in the route(even my starter!) that it isn't even funny anymore. Poor shroomy-I don't think he's breedable with anybody in my party, so he will be....forever alone!
4.Badge #1 is about to be obtained.

Lucky! Ralts is a great pokemon to have. Looks like we have a lot of the same pokemon in our parties and we both started around the same time! It'll be interesting to see how each of our games turns out!

I beat Blue, then swept Surge's Gym taking zero damage with Doom.(The timing of his capture and high level make his name perfect) Took an Abra from the box and added it to my team, evolved it, nd saved outside Rock Tunnel.

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Be one of the 2% that will, put this in your signature.By putting this text in my signature, I pledge to submit hundreds of thousands of votes for Ditto when the Global Link popularity poll comes to the U.S. If you intend to do this as well, please add this to your signature. In bold text. Started by Missingno. Master.

Hmm, I might actually be able to do this as my emerald is a fake ( ebay is really annoying sometimes), so keeps deleting my save file bacause it's 'corrupted'. Sigh. However unless I never turned it off and always kept it on charge, I would never be able to defeat Wallace but I could do atleast a few gyms. I could say I did well (if I did)...

Well, still going strong with no deaths yet.
Since I last posted I've beaten the Dewford gym, beaten all the trainers on Slateport beach and between Slateport and Mauville. "Skipper" and "Fenrir" evolved too. I also caught an Electrike and named him "Volt". I'm currently training for the Mauville gym.

I just started my Challenge today.
I picked Torchic, beaten the crap out of May. Then I caught a Zigzagoon, Poochyen a and Lotad. I trained Torchic, Zigzagoon and Poochyena to lvl 8. I was about to start training Lotad as he was finished offf by a Wurmple who got 2 crits on him.

edit: Oh, and if someone was wondering, my rules are:
- only one Pokemon per route/cave/city, including duplicates, and only for the first time you visit it, so no route 201 because you were there before you had Poke Balls
- if you faint the first Pokemon in any given route/cave/town, you can't get another one, even if it was a duplicate
- fainted Pokemon are considered dead and is put in a Box named Graveyard
- random starter (dice roll)
- no healing items, including berries
- can buy only 1 Poke Ball per city
- no legendaries
- no link trades
- no glitch abuse
- each Pokemon must be nicknamed

Thought I would try a Ruby version Nuzlocke after a successful Gold one (although I know this one will be a lot more difficult).

-Normal Nuzlocke Rules
-All Pokémon must be nicknamed
-Duplicate species of anything previously obtained is forbidden
-Dead Pokemon to be permaboxed
-No purchasing healing items; can only use what is found/given

Started out with Mudkip (Axio), which I don't think I've ever done before. Trained him to level 9 before fighting May and her Treecko. After obtaining the ability to actually capture Pokemon, I caught a Zigzagoon (Ziggy) on Route 101 and a Poochyena (Grimm) on Route 103. Now I'm training up my Pokemon more before continuing past Oldale Town.

After I trained everyon up to lv. 10 I went to Route 104 and caught a Famale Marril with Huge Power Who I nicknamed Marina. When I trained her I up to lv. 8 I went to Petalburg Woods to try and catch a new Pokémon, I found a Cascoon who was unfortunately KO'd by a crit from Marina's Tackle. After I trained Marina to Lv. 10 I went to Route 104 and began training some more.

After arriving at Mauville City, I started preparing myself for the Electric Gym. I grinded my team a bit - as a result, Hito (Grovyle) learned Leaf Blade and Maki Eins (Makuhita) and Petunia (Oddish) evolved. I was now feeling pretty confident about my team, so I challenged the Gym and beat it without much trouble.

After that I headed on Route 111, on which I caught Goldia (Goldeen). For whatever reason I thought it would be a great idea to try her out. Soon after leveling her to lv.21 I learned that she (and her evo) doesn't learn any water attacks (not even Water Gun) till lv.38. Sweet. Day Cared her right after. Next Routes were anything but exciting, so I'll skip to Fallarbor Town. On the following Route I caught Lotella the Lotad, which was my first Water type worth training. Put her on a team right away, and managed to level her to lv.26. She didn't get a chance to live any longer than that though, because Maxie's Zubat OHKOed her with a critical Wing Attack. Seems that being at full health and having a level advantage just wasn't enough to save her from a quick death. But I had yet to experience the worst.

I entered Lavaridge Gym with Maki Eins taking the lead. He steamrolled about 95% of Pokemon in the building, including Flannery's 3 mons. She then send out her final Pokemon - Torkoal. No worries, I thought, I have 3 Bulk Ups under my belt and Thick Fat to sponge her Fire attacks. Unfortunately, Lady Luck apparently had some personal vendetta against me that day, and after a few VERY uneventful turns I ended up with 14 HP paralyzed Hariyama on my side, and ~50% HP Torkoal on Flannery's side, ready to scorch my butt with Sun boosted Overheat. I immediately switched to a fodder, which died to said Overheat, then saced another one to a following Body Slam. My choice was now limited to Petunia, Hito and Maki Eins. I sent Petunia, hoping to cripple the turtle with a quick Sleep Powder. Of course it missed, and of course Overheat burned my ugly little flower to crisps. Panicked, I sent Maki Eins back, scoring some cheap damage with Fake Out. Not wanting to lose my best mon, I switched to Hito, which took Body Slam for about 50% HP. I retaliated with Leaf Blade, and Torkoal used another Body Slam, which left my Hito with 1 HP (!). Praying to God, I clicked Leaf Blade again, hoping that Overgrow and Miracle Seed will do the trick. They didn't. Torkoal lived with a silver of health left, and finished my Grovyle with another Body Slam. I was ready to ragequit at that point, but then I remembered that Maki Eins still had his priority Fake Out. Thankfully for me, the paralysis didn't kick in, and the burning turtle of hell finally bit the dust. I won the match, but at what cost? Crying over my lost companions, I headed to the next city, ready to solo my father's Gym with Hariyama only...

And miraculously, I succeed. Using my newly obtained Surf, I headed to Route 115, which I was carefully avoiding up to that point. I managed to capture a Tailow (now Swellow), which I named Pandora. Saved the game at Rustboro City.

Welp, I've done a ton since I last posted (that's because I had only just started). Last night I captured a shiny Numel (yay!), trained a lot, endured pretty intense battles against both Flannery and Norman (but everyone survived, fortunately), and added a Swablu (Draconia) to my team. I spent today utilizing my ability to Surf to traverse Routes 105 - 109 as well as rebattling a bunch of trainers thanks to the trainers eye thing. I want everyone to be on at least level 40 before I fight Winona... So right now, I'm about to take the long, long walk on Route 119.

And I’ve already lost my first attempt, and way to early... I've notice a pattern of letting my lower level pokemon faint while I'm distracted (instead of switching them out), I need to stop that.

I name all my pokemon in a OCD fashion, so that rule won’t be a problem for me.

My additional Rules:
Duplicates don’t count as first pokemon for that route, even if I really want them.
No trades, no legendaries.
No buying of healing items, can use found/gift ones, but revives must be sold as soon as possible.
I will not be going back to amend route 1, where I had no poke balls. That just feels like it would be cheating.

“Once, or twice, in a lifetime, if you're lucky, there are moments. Someone slices the world open,
right down the middle and you can see the sky behind it. The true world. And you understand your purpose.”
(Frances Booth - Channel Zero; Candle Cove)

Done a lot in two days. This may or may not be the only thing I'm doing with myself. I evolved both my Swablu and Marshtomp before fighting Winona, who was fairly easy to be (her Altaria used to be a nightmare in past playthroughs, but I had a Swampert with Ice Beam). With my new-found freedom to Fly, I went around Hoenn, re-battling trainers and doing random stuff. Finally I decided to progress through the game, and ended up in Lilycove. On Route 121, I caught Duskull (Shaun) who became my 6th and final team mate. I made a quit pit stop in Lilycove before taking on Mt. Pyre. I evolved Shaun into Dusclops while there. After getting the Red Orb (that's the one you get in Ruby, right?) I battled May for the final time in Lilycove. My team trumped hers easily.
Then I rolled through the Team Magma hideout (although I did almost have an issue with a critical Selfdestruct from Electrode almost KOing Axio, but otherwise all was well).
I finished up there before Surfing to Mossdeep. I leveled up a little bit before taking on Tate and Liza. They were easy; I'm thankful that in R/S moves like Surf only hit the opponent and not your partner. That being said, I used Axio, Shaun, and a little bit of Raiju in order to take the twins down.
Then went to Shoal Cave and caught a Spheal (Reginald), my new Dive/Rock Smash/Strength slave.
I'm now about to dive down to the Seafloor Cavern for my penultimate Team Magma encounter.

I'm just going to fast forward from my last post all the way to the Pokemon League. I obtained my 7th and 8th badge, no issues, saved the Hoenn region, and was ready to take on my final challenge (with no deaths so far!)
I spent a while leveling up in victory road before feeling ready to fight the Elite Four.
Sidney was the easiest; I managed to take down all of his Pokemon in one hit, by using both Humphrey and Restler. Phoebe was a bit annoying, especially since I was using Raiju's bite and her Dusclops knew Earthquake. But I slowly took all her Ghosts down with Draconia and Axio. Glacia posed no issues either; Restler and Humphrey handled her Ice-types easily. The only issue I had with Drake was one of his Flygon's which kept using Sand Attack so none of my moves hit... Otherwise Axio's Ice Beam took care of them.

Finally, it was time to fight Champion Steven.
First it was Skarmory vs Humphrey... It went down with one Eruption, but didn't leave without badly poisoning my Camerupt.
Then it was Aggron vs Restler... One Vital Throw and it was down.
I countered his Armaldo with Axio... Surf kept leaving it with one HP and Steven kept using Full Restores, but my Swampert finally took him out.
Cradily was more difficult... Restler's Vital Throw just wasn't doing the job quickly enough, but I managed to KO it with slight damage.
Steven's Metagross fell quickly to a few Earthquakes from Axio.
Finally it was Claydol vs. Axio... He was weak so I had to withdraw him and stall for time. I sent out Shaun who burned Claydol...but Steven ended up using a Full Restore. He kept using Light Screen/Reflect, so it barely took any damage. It took a combined effort from all my team to take down Steven's Claydol (with Axio barely hanging on with 6 HP as it landed the finishing Surf on Claydol).
And with that, I became the Champion of Hoenn.